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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1902
Page
2
An agent E. R. Griffin of Denver advertises extremely low Union Pacific rates from the East to Colorado. The notice asks for names and addresses to provide full information, signaling a sales solicitation.
An advertising notice touts Kodol as a cure for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims the product cleanses and strengthens the stomach, enabling full nourishment, with a testimonial from Rev J H Holladay of Holladay Missouri who credits it with saving his life. Palace Drug Store manager Geo Pedley notes post meal use.
Word arrived here last Thursday of Nick Klein's death in a Pueblo hospital after a relapse during an appendix operation. He and his brother had been in town two weeks earlier before traveling to Toledo for surgery.
An elegant new cement sidewalk on the Baker & Biggs block is touted as durable and long lasting, laid by F. M. Endsley known for installing premium walks. It is presented as a smart investment, likened to money in a bank, with expectations of forty years of service.
Weekly mail inventory for Canon City Colorado shows remaining letters for the week ending August 10 1902 and later August 24 and August 31 1902. Names include Adams Bohliheid Booth Cherry Dye Hensley Hoppuck Jeffers Kelly Kellock Mac Feeters Pratt Wail Thornton Todd Unger Vanatta Walbright Wells Wilson and many others with addresses and note GUY U HARDY postmaster.
Advertisement notes N. H. Endsley and Hall offer spring water from Riverside avenue South Canon with daily tank fills and cistern servicing. It promotes health benefits urged by city physicians and invites inspection by the public. Also mentions Ballard's Horehound Syrup and Snow Liniment, and a noted rail excursion from Cripple Creek to Canon City with round trip at 2.25 dollars.
A historic label claims a signature on every box of Laxative Bromo Quinine Teiet as the remedy that cures a cold. The ad emphasizes daily intake and universal approval, reflecting early 20th century patent medicine marketing.
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